Crime & Safety
Austell Man Charged with Impersonating Doctor, Treating 500 Patients
The Austell man pretended to be a physician at a senior care facility for six months in South Carolina.
An Austell man pretended to be a visiting doctor in Columbia, SC, where he treated more than 500 senior patients, Lexington County deputies report.
Authorities arrested Ernest Addo of Austell Friday and charged with unlawfully practicing medicine, He is being held at the Cobb County Detention Center.
Lexington County Sheriff Jeff Metts said county deputies are beginning the extradition process in Georgia.
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Agape Senior Primary Care hired Addo in February after he used documents from a friend who is a practicing doctor in Orangeburg to convince them that he was a physician. Addo treated patients until he quit Wednesday, the same day his friend discovered that Addo had opened credit cards in his name and alerted the police.
Additional charges could be filed against Addo in connection with unlawfully prescribing medication and unlawfully receiving wages from Agape Senior.
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